Iris Cooke only worked for a very short period of time - and works by her are very rare and no not come onto the market very often.
This is a rare little Art Deco Bronze desktop sculpture or metal paperweight - which takes the form of a reclining deer or fawn.
It was made around 1929, and signed on the base: Iris Cooke, as photographed.
The artist was best known for these little bronze sculptures or paperweights, which she made in the late 1920s / early 1930s.
Dimensions: Her work is often quite slight in size - this little sleeping fawn is 7.5 cm in width and 5.5 cm in depth. The height is 3 cm.
Iris was the daughter of the St Ives artist, Norman Cooke. She only worked for a few years at the end of the 1920s and exhibited at the Swansea Art Society Thirty-Fourth Exhibition, in 1929. She gave her address as being at Dunvegan, Carbis Bay in Cornwall.
She was a member of the Swansea Art Society from 1929 - 1930.
Very sweet little model - and a very rare item. It is made of cast bronze - the metal has a yellow sheen to it. It is in excellent condition and is now nearly 100 years old.